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Re:How big cats hunt zebras and impalas, and how these prey ... by yakitori on Thursday January 25, 2018 @12:51PM (#16232836)
> (I am squeamish!)

Then why'd you go on a safari?

> Nature is cruel.

Nature isn't cruel. Nature is ambivalent.

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Re:How big cats hunt zebras and impalas, and how these prey ... by oh_sigh on Friday January 26, 2018 @01:38PM (#16241677)
Multiple definitions of cruel fit nature, with no reference to willfullness:

3. causing or marked by great pain or distress: a cruel remark; a cruel affliction. 4. rigid; stern; strict; unrelentingly severe.

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